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Meanings of uncivilised in English

Without civilizing influences.

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        Examples for "wild"
        Examples for "wild"
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        Every year, more countries ban wild animals from being used in circuses.
        The Guardian
        2
        AL wild-card update The American League playoff situation is far more complex.
        The Guardian
        3
        Animals in captivity undergo a range of environmental changes from wild animals.
        Pubmed
        4
        Klopp said of the save: After 65 minutes, it was really wild.
        The South African
        5
        It is one of the best known wild trout fisheries in Europe.
        The Irish Times
        1
        The people were as truly savage as any South Sea Islanders .
        The Irish Times
        2
        The savage has only impulse; the civilized man has impulses and ideas.
        Poor Relations
        3
        In her place was a savage thing made of fury and violence.
        Depraved
        4
        The image of God is defaced in the hearts of the savage.
        Dahcotah: Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling
        5
        The savage tribesmen burst in the door and crowded into the room.
        The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
        1
        The barbarian was the proverbial bull in the china-shop of western Europe.
        The Story of Mankind
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        I'm using units of meters per second because I'm not a barbarian.
        Wired
        3
        I'm afraid your guests must have thought me quite the barbarian, Cathy.
        Crown of Slaves
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        Happiness in these things is the legacy to us of the barbarian.
        Angling Sketches
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        He fits in well, Tanis thought as he watched the barbarian work.
        Dragons of autumn twilight
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        Come on; let's go see what the barbaric snows have brought us.
        The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
        2
        Without that access they're resorting to the same barbaric ways, Pramote said.
        Reuters
        3
        I dinna' want ye to think me too barbaric to look at.
        Seduced by a highlander
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        Fabiana was eight months pregnant at the time of the barbaric attack.
        News.com.au
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        It's quite barbaric. Pro-choice activists say such arguments are inflammatory and irresponsible.
        Reuters
        1
        Among uncivilized nations, the passions do, in general, exceed all rational bounds.
        Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
        2
        Wanton slaying of wild things is unknown among the uncivilized Red Indians.
        The Shagganappi
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        Among uncivilized nations there is but one profession honourable, that of arms.
        Macmillan's Reading Books. Book V
        4
        This is a powerful uncivilized strip of country that we've got into.
        The Talking Leaves: An Indian Story
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        We'll be an uncivilized pair of terrors-thatis what we will be.
        A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls
        Usage of uncivilised in English
        1
        It was strongest in ancient times, and IS strongest in uncivilised regions.
        Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the pri...
        2
        They have nomadic tendencies; and, in their uncivilised state, scarcely practise agriculture.
        Robert Moffat / The Missionary Hero of Kuruman
        3
        At any rate, he did a very unapproved and most uncivilised thing.
        The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
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        They were pugnacious, and in their uncivilised way fought frequent wars.
        Letters from America
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        He was quite uncivilised in every respect, and was utterly heathen.
        Kafir Stories: Seven Short Stories
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        They are very savage and uncivilised and lead a wandering life, hunting game.
        A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State
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        Dinner as uncivilised but as hospitable as could be expected at half-past nine.
        Byeways in Palestine
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        But the rough uncivilised Cossacks of the Don were not bad fellows after all.
        The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
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        The great eyes of this specimen of uncivilised humanity clouded over, and then brightened.
        The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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        An uncivilised people, we call them in our lordly way, but they are young.
        Idle Ideas in 1905
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        Yes, I suppose I am uncivilised, and I never want to be anything else.
        The Rebel of the School
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        Surely no animal could be more uncivilised or cannibalistic in its desires than man!
        The Human Side of Animals
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        Are they cruel, savage, and uncivilised, or hospitable and humane?
        The Odyssey / Rendered into English prose for the use of those w...
        14
        How unintellectual, how uncivilised, such a scene, and such actors!
        Godolphin, Volume 2.
        15
        For many of us such disparities are self-evidently obscene, a hallmark of an uncivilised society.
        The Irish Times
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        The Karamojong tribe in northern Uganda has a reputation for being violent, uncivilised and stubborn.
        The Guardian
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